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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






2. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






3. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






4. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






5. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






6. When does BMR decrease?






7. Name six sources of grains






8. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






9. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






10. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






11. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






12. What foods have high quality protein?






13. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






14. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






15. What is the function of vitamin C?






16. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






17. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






18. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






19. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






20. What is the function of vitamin E?






21. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






22. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






23. What is normal albumin levels?






24. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






25. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






26. Sources of fats






27. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






28. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






29. What is normal BMI?






30. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






31. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






32. What is RDA of protein?






33. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






34. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






35. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






36. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






37. What function is vitamin D?






38. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






39. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






40. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






41. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






42. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






43. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






44. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






45. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






46. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






47. Fats can lead to some medical problems






48. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






49. Where can you get more vitamin D?






50. What does DASH stand for?